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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9211 

To improve educational efforts related to artificial intelligence literacy at 

the K through 12 level, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2024 

Mr. KEAN of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. AMO) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To improve educational efforts related to artificial intelligence literacy at the K through 12 level, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Literacy in Future 

5 Technologies Artificial Intelligence Act’’ or the ‘‘LIFT AI 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PREPARING K–12 EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS FOR 

8 AN AI LITERATE FUTURE. 

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con10 gress that— 


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1 (1) AI literacy education is crucial not only for 

2 developing a skilled workforce and positioning the 

3 Nation as a leader in this critical field, but also for 

4 mitigating the ethical challenges associated with AI; 

5 (2) as strategic adversaries pursue AI tech6 nology for the purposes of surveillance, 

7 weaponization, and economic competition, maintain8 ing United States leadership through an AI literate 

9 public is essential; 

10 (3) AI literacy education at the K–12 level 

11 forms the foundation for success in this competitive 

12 environment, and proficiency with these technologies 

13 is becoming necessary to be an engaged and in14 formed citizen; 

15 (4) AI technology is rapidly evolving, and cur16 rent best practices for learning and developing AI 

17 literacy today may not be applicable in the future; 

18 (5) awards made under this section should rec19 ognize the rapidly evolving nature of AI technology, 

20 and identify and focus on those skills that will re21 main relevant to AI literacy considering likely 

22 changes in AI capabilities; and 

23 (6) awards made under this section should rec24 ognize student progression to more advanced topics 

25 as they progress through K–12 education. 


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1 (b) AWARDS.—The Director may make awards on a 

2 merit-reviewed, competitive basis to institutions of higher 

3 education or nonprofit organizations (or a consortium 

4 thereof) to support research activities to develop edu5 cational curricula and evaluation methods for AI literacy 

6 at the K–12 level. 

7 (c) USE OF AWARD FUNDS.—Activities funded by 

8 awards made under this section may include the following: 

9 (1) Formal and informal K–12 education cur10 riculum development focused on the essential abili11 ties and competencies necessary for AI literacy that 

12 is learner-centered, project-based, and can be per13 sonalized in the classroom. 

14 (2) Engaging State and local educational agen15 cies, principals, educators, or other school leaders of 

16 students in kindergarten through grade 12 in profes17 sional learning opportunities to— 

18 (A) enhance AI literacy and proficiency; 

19 and 

20 (B) develop best practices. 

21 (3) Developing AI literacy evaluation tools for 

22 educators assessing proficiency in AI literacy. 

23 (4) Designing and implementing professional 

24 development courses and experiences in AI literacy, 

25 including mentoring, for State and local educational 


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1 agencies, principals, educators, or other school lead2 ers that integrate in-person, virtual, and distance 

3 learning experiences. 

4 (5) Development of hands-on learning tools to 

5 assist in developing and improving AI literacy. 

6 (6) Augmenting the existing curriculum to in7 corporate AI literacy where appropriate, including 

8 responsible use of AI in learning. 

9 (7) Additional activities determined appropriate 

10 by the Director. 

11 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Director may carry out 

12 this section by making awards through new or existing 

13 programs. 

14 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) AI LITERACY.—The term ‘‘AI literacy’’ 

16 means having the age-appropriate knowledge and 

17 ability to use artificial intelligence effectively, to 

18 critically interpret outputs, to solve problems in an 

19 AI-enabled world, and to safely and ethically use AI. 

20 (2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AI.—The terms 

21 ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ and ‘‘AI’’ have the meaning 

22 given the term ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ in section 

23 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative 

24 Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401; enacted as part of 

25 title LVI of division E of the William M. (Mac) 


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1 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 

2 Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283)). 

3 (3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

4 the Director of the National Science Foundation. 

5 (4) K–12 EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘K–12 edu6 cation’’ means elementary schools and secondary 

7 schools, as such terms are defined in section 8101 

8 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

9 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

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